Font pb: pounds are not visible

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Hi all

I have received a message, but when I open it, a dots appears instead of the pounds:

“cost ·54.10 per 1000” instead of the “cost £54.10 per 1000”. When creating a new message, I have the same problem.

When I copy the text via clipboard into a plaint text file or here into Domino Forum, it’s OK. The whole text is the same font (Courier New).

So how to make Lotus Notes client R508 to represent the pounds correctly?

Thanks a lot for your time

Jindra

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Subject: RE: Font pb: pounds are not visible

I forget where this is in the R5 menus – you’ll notice this is the Notes 6 forum – but under the File menu somewhere there’s a user preferences dialog where you can select which font used for Default Monospace. You would need to select a font there that is able to represent the characters in the email you’re getting.

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Subject: RE: Font pb: pounds are not visible

Thanks Andre

I tried this before I posted my question to the Forum. This is not a solution, unfortunately.

Thanks again, have a nice time

Jindra

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Subject: Font pb: pounds are not visible

That can happen if Windows does not support the pound sign – for example, if it is set up for Eastern Europe – and if Notes’ Unicode display is turned off.In Notes, choose File - Preferences… - User Preferences… and in the list of Additional settings ensure that “Enable Unicode display” is checked. If you change the setting, close Notes and restart it to make the setting work.

Your text editor is probably hard coded to work in a US code page, ignoring all your settings. Your web browser works in the code page of the web site, and also supports Unicode.

Be careful that you do not type or paste the character L-stroke (Ł). Some fonts might display this as a pound sign, but it is a different character. If you type pound in a text editor and paste it back into Notes, you might find it becomes L-stroke. In Notes the compose sequence Alt-F1 L- or Alt-F1 L= always types a pound sign. Check that your keyboard pound sign is the same character.

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Subject: RE: Font pb: pounds are not visible

Thanks, Rod.You are right: the both my text editor as well as web browser displays a pound sign correctly.

I tried to set the “Enable Unicode display” checkbox before I posted this question to the Forum, but without success, this is not a solution, unfortunately.

Thanks again and have a nice day

jindra

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Subject: RE: Font pb: pounds are not visible

Can Notes display any non-Windows characters? What happens if you copy the examples below from your web browser and paste them in a Notes document? On my machine Notes can display them all in Arial, Courier New, Verdana, etc.

florin sign: ƒ

pound sign: £

e circumflex: ê

capital sigma: Σ

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Subject: Notes client displays all those just fine.

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Subject: RE: Font pb: pounds are not visible

For me as well: Notes client displays all those just fine. So, it is a problem of a font. Thanks for your test. I have changed the “Default Sans Serif font” in Notes client preferences and this is solution to my problem, pounds as well as the others characters are now represented correctly.

Andre and Rod, thanks for your help. Have a nice day

Jindra